The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02
,ue ENGLISH IN AFRICA



!. s,osrht to the Dark Continent
,.itber the progressiveness of the
j. .s.mmed an Arab nor the Protest.
d Dutch we're = match for that su-
sr prog~ressiysness which the
IN Nah brought to the development Of
M I'M Africa. By fair means or foul
=, foul much Of it was. forsooth-
n, have gradually d~ispossessed the
,,h Of nearly all their valuable pos
!. I.,ous. In 1896 they dispossesssd
Dutch Government of the Cape.
ain 1926 virtually coniscated o
N half the property Of the Beers
I'M remained. by compelling the hold
Of their paper six dollars. which
!, ~ had issued for four shillings, to
rent one shilling and six pence
! m for them. In 1886 the
hers abandoned the Cape and
n E,ht thousand OF them founded the
- republic of the T%ransvaal. Even
IRE the British pursued them. and
lev emigrated westward toward the
kapgs river. In 1852 the British Gov
Il rpment was induced to acknowledge
independence of the Transvaal
suublic; yet. when some twenty-five
ears later it was discovered to contain
almond fields. the Transvaal was
bcibly annexed to the crown of En-.
land by Sir 7. Shepstone. This &C.
urred in 1877. Other encroachments
Re still going on. and within the COM
hg half.century it is quite probable
bat the British flag will wave over the
host valuable and salubrious portion
tile African continent, namely. the
atire table lands from the Cape Of
Eood Hope to the line of the Zambesi
nd Congo. Nor is this result to be
lsplored. The Arabian, the Portuguese
nd the Dutch have all failed to develop
be natural resources of Africa. The
British alone have scorned to e~nslave
he natives and gone to work with
their own stout hands and hearts.
Nor is it to be supposed that its
sreater proximity to to the equator
lenders South Africa less fit for Anglo.
Saxon colonization than Europe or
North America. The mean altitude of
il Europe is hut 971. Al feet above the
sa and this, l believe. is greater than
North America On the other hand,
Africa has a mean altitude of no less
Aan {, l69. % feet. So that the climate
d the table lands in latitude 20 in
South Africa is as bracing and healthy
rs that Of latitude forty in Europe.
Mr. Salt was among the earliest Of
English explorers in South Africa;
then followed Captain Botcler in 1928.
Livingstone in 1857. Hartley in 1865
and numerous others since. Hartlcy's
explorations led to the ~re-discovery Of
the Tati mot Tete) gold field, longi-
tude %. latitude 81. so. and to the in.
testigations Of Karl Manch in 1866.
and the mining bubble of 1S69.70.
Among the failures Of this period was
We London and Liverpool Mining
Company. headed by Sir John Swim.
Mrne, Bart This venture was in the
Tai region.
After this. about 1918, a new line
Of r~e-discoveries led to other bubbles.
l~eydenberg and Pilgrims Rest dis
elcts, both on Baneto's old line of
march. and both explored by his one
thousand greedy followers, were
opened to Anglo-Saxon enterprise. In
iAS this line vas pushed ~northward to
1ataa Numbaol), and it has since
esen puryued to the Zambesi river.
last year. 1886. . letter from this city
sn published in the London Times,
Which gave . marked impetus to the
mining boom. Concealing tho fact
mat the whole Of Sofala and Mono.
inosupa has been repeatedly explored
nr gOld-frst by ancient civilized race
Of races; second. by the Arabs. and
.n'fd' BY the Portuguese-and bestow-
ing new and unpronounceable names
spon well-knnwn localities. the latter
proceeded to show how much gold was
eelng and was going to be shipped
nom these places through Capetown
@Eagland. It predicted an export In
.o01 Of little less than a. 900. 900. equal
about one.third the entire product
u California. So enormou and sud-
aen . production Is this promised
aerlted investigation, and 1t was with
%ls view that I came to Capetown. So
y. q ! have been al yet able to ascer-
..'n' IN Times letter has but small
sOandat,on in fact. However, the
sountry Is extensive and tho mining
ussicts numerous, and much remains
!sso 30 seen.-Alez. Del Mar, IN San
srasctco Chronicle.
Uon't Be Guilty Of eabbling.